111598-80-2Relevant articles and documents
Facile Syntheses of Ethyl 2-Alkylindole-3-carboxylates: Reinvestigation of an Earlier Synthesis of Ethyl 3-Methylindole-2-carboxylates
Wadia, M. S.,Mali, R. S.,Tilve, S. G.,Yadav, V. J.
, p. 401 - 404 (1987)
A convenient, general synthesis of ethyl 2-alkylindole-3-carboxylates has been described from the easily accesible o-nitroarylaldehydes.In an alternate approach the same o-nitroarylaldehydes have been converted to ethyl 3-alkylindole-2-carboxylates.